Grants and Impact Manager
Pawame, Kenya

Our goal at Pawame is to support limitless opportunity through a foundation of safe, reliable, and affordable solar energy. Without access to power, participating in the modern digital world can be challenging and laborious. The Pawame team provides the energy-driven tools that individuals need to become successful students, entrepreneurs and global citizens. We like to think of ourselves as an electric foundation, and our team is what makes that possible.

Women are highly encouraged to apply.

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KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

Pawame successfully completes current grant-funded projects (KOSAP, EEP, SDG7 Results, MBEA)

Cross-functional project oversight for grant-funded projects:

• Project planning
• Implementation
• Reporting
• Donor relations

Pawame complies with all ESG requirements posed by lenders, investors, and grant providers

• Ensure ESG (environmental, social amp; corporate governance) best practice implementation within Sales, Logistics, Product, Corporate Development and Finance.
• Manage Pawame’s ESG (environmental, social amp; corporate governance) documentation.
• Provide ESG (environmental, social amp; corporate governance) reporting to donors, lenders and investors.

Pawame benefits from new grant and concessional funding opportunities

Implement and improve Pawame’s corporate communications plan, including:

• Maintain Pawame’s social media presence by curating and producing content on Pawame’s social media platforms.
• Write Pawame’s quarterly newsletters for shareholders and potential investors;
• Monitor Pawame's social media platforms and ensure timely responses to queries.
• Track Pawame’s social media performance using key metrics.
• Monitor the email address.

Pawame’s due diligence processes are managed in an efficient, timely and professional manner

• Identify new opportunities for fundraising.
• Supervise and coach the Corporate Development Associate in grant proposal writing.
• Lead and/or support concessional funding application processes.
• Manage the contracting processes with grant providers.
• Set up projects emerging from successful applications.

Pawame implements an ambitious gender action plan

• Oversee implementation of Pawame’s gender action plan.
• Actively obtain external support for Pawame’s gender work (e.g. from Power Africa).

Pawame benefits from and participates in industry bodies (KEREA, GOGLA)

• Participate in relevant working groups and share information and resources from external bodies to Pawame stakeholders.

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KEY CROSS-FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP amp; INTERFACES

Sales

Product

• Collaborating with the Product Manager to provide support on the EEP-funded women farmers' project.
• Identifying funding needs and opportunities for new product introduction.

Requirements

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.

Preferred Education:Masters’ degree, MBA, or equivalent.

Preferred Certifications

Any certification related to gender, ESG, impact measurement or other relevant topics.

Required Experience

• 5 years of experience in the non-profit sector, social enterprise, or impact investment.

Preferred Experience: 5 years of experience in the non-profit sector, social enterprise, or impact investment in grant management, project management, and/or fundraising roles.

Technical attributes and competencies

• Strong writing skills, especially proposal writing.
• Strong data analysis and presentation skills.

• In-depth knowled

Job Rewards and Benefits